Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Insurance Coverage Provisions for Observer Contractors under the North Pacific Interim Groundfish Observer Program

NMFS issues regulations that clarify an insurance coverage provision for observer contractors who provide observer services to vessels and shoreside processors participating in the groundfish fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to respond to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council's) Insurance Technical Committee (ITC) recommendation to correct the terminology used to delineate required insurance coverages, by changing the references to ``Contractual General Liability'' to read ``Commercial General Liability.''